Gaston Lachaise

(American/French, 1882–1935)

Gaston Lachaise was a French-born American artist known for his sculptures and drawings of the female form. Focusing on the voluptuous qualities of breasts, thighs, and buttocks, Lachaise achieved a modern equivalent to Paleolithic fertility idols, as seen in his Standing Woman (1932). Lachaise once expressed his artistic ambition to be, “the glorification of the human body, of the human spirit, with all that there is of daring, of magnificence, of significance.” Born on March 19, 1882 in Paris, France, Lachaise entered a decorative sculpture school at the age of 13, enrolling at the École des Beaux-Arts three years later. In 1902, the artist met his muse and future wife, an American woman named Isabel Nagle, he was immediately infatuated with her, both romantically and as a model for his sculptures. Driven to follow Nagle to her home in Boston, Lachaise left Paris in 1905, upon reaching America he found employment as an assistant to various sculptors. The couple married in 1917, moving to New York with his new bride, the artist fell in to a milieu of artists that included John Marin and Georgia O’Keefe. In 1935, Lachaise was the subject of the first retrospective The Museum of Modern Art had given to a living sculptor. He died the same year on October 18, 1935 in New York, NY. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.

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Gaston Lachaise (438 results)
HEAD OF A WOMAN (THE EGYPTIAN HEAD), 1923

Gaston Lachaise

HEAD OF A WOMAN (THE EGYPTIAN HEAD), 1923

Sale Date: December 3, 1992

Auction Closed

WEIBLICHER RUCKENTORSO, 1936

Gaston Lachaise

WEIBLICHER RUCKENTORSO, 1936

Sale Date: November 30, 1992

Auction Closed

STANDING NUDE

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STANDING NUDE

Sale Date: September 25, 1992

Auction Closed

MALE NUDE

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MALE NUDE

Sale Date: September 25, 1992

Auction Closed

MALES NUDES (A DOUBLE-SIDED DRAWING)

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MALES NUDES (A DOUBLE-SIDED DRAWING)

Sale Date: September 25, 1992

Auction Closed

Head

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Head

Sale Date: September 23, 1992

Auction Closed

RECLINING WOMAN

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RECLINING WOMAN

Sale Date: May 27, 1992

Auction Closed

IDEAL HEAD, A BRONZE HEAD

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IDEAL HEAD, A BRONZE HEAD

Sale Date: December 6, 1991

Auction Closed

NUE ACCROUPI (CROUCHING NUDE)

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NUE ACCROUPI (CROUCHING NUDE)

Sale Date: November 13, 1991

Auction Closed

AN EGYPTIAN DANCER

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AN EGYPTIAN DANCER

Sale Date: September 26, 1991

Auction Closed

A BRONZE PORTRAIT BUST OF LEMEUL TORRENS, 1924

Gaston Lachaise

A BRONZE PORTRAIT BUST OF LEMEUL TORRENS, 1924

Sale Date: May 22, 1991

Auction Closed

SLEEPING GULL, A SILVERED BRONZE FIGURE, 1927

Gaston Lachaise

SLEEPING GULL, A SILVERED BRONZE FIGURE, 1927

Sale Date: May 22, 1991

Auction Closed

OGUNQUIT TORSO, A GILT-BRONZE FEMALE TORSO, 1950

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OGUNQUIT TORSO, A GILT-BRONZE FEMALE TORSO, 1950

Sale Date: May 22, 1991

Auction Closed

STUDY OF A STANDING FEMALE NUDE

Gaston Lachaise

STUDY OF A STANDING FEMALE NUDE

Sale Date: May 15, 1991

Auction Closed

STANDING SEMI-NUDE FEMALE, 1917–1917

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STANDING SEMI-NUDE FEMALE, 1917–1917

Sale Date: March 17, 1991

Auction Closed

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"BACK OF STANDING NUDE", A BRONZE FIGURE.

Sale Date: March 14, 1991

Auction Closed

TORSE

Gaston Lachaise

TORSE

Sale Date: December 5, 1990

Auction Closed

'MARGERY SPENCER', A BRONZE PORTRAIT..., 1924–1924

Gaston Lachaise

'MARGERY SPENCER', A BRONZE PORTRAIT..., 1924–1924

Sale Date: November 30, 1990

Auction Closed

THE MOUNTAIN

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THE MOUNTAIN

Sale Date: November 29, 1990

Auction Closed

THE HAND OF RICHARD BUHLIG

Gaston Lachaise

THE HAND OF RICHARD BUHLIG

Sale Date: November 29, 1990

Auction Closed

FLOATING FIGURE

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FLOATING FIGURE

Sale Date: November 29, 1990

Auction Closed

EQUESTRIENNE, 1918–1918

Gaston Lachaise

EQUESTRIENNE, 1918–1918

Sale Date: November 29, 1990

Auction Closed

STUDY OF WOMAN

Gaston Lachaise

STUDY OF WOMAN

Sale Date: October 10, 1990

Auction Closed

MALE NUDE (+ FEMALE NUDE; PAIR), 1933

Gaston Lachaise

MALE NUDE (+ FEMALE NUDE; PAIR), 1933

Sale Date: September 26, 1990

Auction Closed

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